Ornamented shoe.



P. HQ FRANZ.

OBNMBNTED SHOE. APPLICATION rum) unna, 1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT (DFFCE'.

PAUL H. FRANZ, F DOLGEVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR'TO DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOE COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A 'CORPORATION OF MASSACHU- SETTS.

ORNAMENTED SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lPatented Aug. 13, 1912.

yand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamented Shoes, 'of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of shoes or `slippers constructed from felt or other pliablev material and adapted particularly. for house wear, such as are shown in the W. R. Green Patent, No. 894,733, of July 28, 1908, o r my improve- .ments may also be employed on such shoes or slippers of the particular style of construction hknown to the trade as .Wigwam slippers, such as are shown inthe Daniel Dudley Patent, No. 391,332, of October 16,

1888, but my improvements may be applied in the construction of many styles of shoes or slippers where it is desired that the vamp or other part of the upper shall receive some y ornament* or decoration of any particular design or configuration. l

lThe' object of my invention, among other things, is to easily, yet firmly, secure such ornament, of any desired shape or design, to the upper, and particularly to the vamp, without the use of any stitching, staples or fasteners of any kind, whichwould interfere with, or prevent, the natural shrinking, stretching orshaping of the upper and ornament to the last when the shoe or slip er itself isl to be shaped and formed to the ast to secure yfor it its permanent form.

As i's well lmown, shoes or-slippers made with felt uppers or any other shrlnkable material, and lasted Wet on'the last, shrink to conform to such last, and any. ornament that vis sewed or held upon the upper by staples or other fasteners tends to prevent the natural shrinking and forming, because such stitches break if the strain becomes too great, or the ornament itself is prevented from shrinking inasmuchv as in the case of stitching the cotton or linen threads will not shrink .as does lthe felt or other shrinkahle ornamented'shoe having the characteristics set forth,esuch invention being more particularly described in this specification, and then definitely set forth in the claims, reference being also had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of 'this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a pers ective view of a shoe or slipper having one orm of my improved ornament attached to the vamp of such slipper; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view, enlarged, taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a detail plan View of that part of the up er towhich the ornament is to be affixed, s owing the cuts in such upper to hold the ornament; Fig. 4; is a plan view yof such ornament as is to be affixed tothe felt vamp or upper when united therewith as is shown in Fig. 3; 5 is an enlarged view, partly in section, showing the method of inserting the tongues of the ornament through the cuts in the vamp; Fig. 6 is a modified form of thevamp or upper, similar to Fig. 3, having cuts therein adapted for a different style of ornament; Fig. 7 is a top plan view, similar to Fig. 4, of the ornavamp or upper shown in Fig. 6.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts,

throughout the several views.

8 is the shoe or slipper having vamp 9 secured to the upper in the usual form. The vamp 9, referring to Fig. 3, has semi-circular cuts or slashes made therein, designated by 10, radially disposed from a common center and pointing outward, as shown in Fig. 3, cut in such vamp by any of the usual means. e

Referring to Fig. 4, 11 is an integral piece of felt or other shrinkable material having radially disposed tongues 12, corresponding in number to the number of cuts 10 in Fig. 3, which tongues are ada ted to be inserted through the cuts or gas es 10, 'as shown in Fig. 2, and to be afterward expanded and shaped piece 14. 15 represents cuts from which the material is removed between the points of the star-sha ed piece llll.

-Referring to Fig. g, 16 is the ornament having the V-shaped projections of like number with the cuts l5, which are adapted to be inserted through the cuts 15 and securely fastenedl to the vamp or upper when such projections are inserted and expanded so that the broad ends thereof 18 shall be held transversely by the points of the star 14.

It will be noted that in both forms of ornament the projecting part or parts of such ornament to be inserted in the cuts of the vamp or upper, as is desired, are larger than such cuts 'through which they are inserted, thereby causing such parts to interlock firmly and to become a part of the shoe or slipper. A

It is obvious that ornaments lof various designs and configurations may be employed with correspondingly varied cuts and-pro jections without departing from my invention, but I have deemed it unnecessary to illustra-te more than the two forms here shown, inasmuch as it will readily occur to one skilled in the art how such other designs or ornaments may be securely fastened to the vamp or upper.

My invention 1s preferably practised before the shoe or slipper is wetted -before being placed upon the last to be shrunk and conformed to such last, though I do not wish to limit myself to the application of my im' provement at thisl stage in the construction of such shoes or slippers, for such ornaments as I have here shown and described may be secured and fastened to the vamp or upper of shoes made of such shrinkable material/ at any stageI in their construction. n*

It is obvious that my invention may also be employed withlshoes or slippers made of non-shrinkable material with resulting advantages, or that two or more properly cut pieces'of felt may be united andv attached to each other to form such ornament by the methods hereinbefore described and thereafter may be attached to the vamp or upper by means of staples, stitching or other se-l curing means. It is also obvious `that by employing the methods which I have described, whereby the upper itself may form' a part of the ornament, a saving in the felt or other material from which thev slip ers are made is accomplished, which ena les such ,ornaments to be. cheaply and readily inserted, coupled with a degree of elasticity in their unionv with the upperor vamp which `renders theshoe or slipper exceedingly com'-v my improved shoe is as follows The vamp 65V or upper is cut in the form shown in Fig.- 3, so asto have the semi-circular cuts 10 ldisy posed about a common center as shown in this gure, the shoe being wrong side out. The ornament, such asis shown in Fig. 4, provided with projections 12, is then placed over the vamp 9 and each one of the pro;V jections 12 is bent over on itself and inserted through its corresponding cut 10, as is .shown in Fig. 5, after which the projections. expand and assume a substantially' horizontal position and are interlocked in their respective cuts 10. lWhen this is accomplished the ornament will have the appearance shown in lperspective in Fig.`1 and 80 'the layers of material will have the general configurations and position as shown inl j cross-section in Fig. 2.

It will be understood that, in general practice, the ornaments, to be inserted and interlocked in practising my invention may be of different colors from the vamp or up- 'per of the shoe or slipper proper, so as to material having suitably arranged slits, of

apiece arranged inside said upper, said p ie'ce having interlocking tongues project-A 1ng through said slits to decorate the shoe, whereby said piece is attached to said upper.

3. In a shoe, the combination with an upper composed of felt or other shrinkable material 'having suitably arranged slits, yof a decorative plece :of similar material larranged inside said upper and havin interlocking tongues projecting throug' sald 110 slits, whereby said upper presents an ornamental appearance.A

f PAUL H. FRANZ. Witnesses:

J. A. GREEN, J. W; Gow. 

